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THE AT.VTN SUN. ALVIN. TEXAS
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Rainbow’s End
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By REX BEACH
dismally
(Copyrlgl.t, 'by Harper and Brothers)
tree remained alive.
The green fluor
CHAPTER XVI!.]
Christa!
hoy lied gravely, unblusblngly.
“Indeed you do.”
O’Reilly I d l a
It gave him an un-
Lot me see—your real name is numbers of undersized figui -
.. cniini'ft hut 1 ’
I
Inasmuch as no
LIBRARIES IN ITAD
FREE
i i any
31
Morning
him and he inquired quickly: “Tel! me,
j
“You’re a Tough Kid!” He Laughed.
people
j *Tm sure you lire everything you
say you are. Jacket, and more, too, but
1 be al
■n i .1 to
But when
“Money ca
t buy
pose.
1
wore, and no one ever comes ou .”
“So I should imagine.” ’
comfortably. Johrinle had not realized
before how fond h<t> had become of this
quaint youngster, * And so. when the
were not In the
s ill-concealed pes-
Author of"The Iron Trail,*’"The
Spoilers,** "Heart of the Sunset,** Etc,
ly. “I give In.”
Jacket’s fare Inata itly lit up.
J jwed to succeed.
Fortunately for the two frle ds Gen
Mata: as stinks
jvhere the
long lash
e nld man
his voice
jugli, but
Are they
:s under
d across
>rea thed.
Catch Big Carp.
Two carp of 16 pounds and 14 pounds
five ounces have been caught at Ches
hunt reservoir. England, by F. James
nnd W. Raines, members of the Red
Spinner Angling sr-lety
IHE JOY OF
MOTHERHOOD
K<l
little fellow poured hopefully, O’Reilly
put an arm arountj him.
ival the
ent vic*
roused
learned
dying
trayed
■ bin«
From
«, sick
1 finally
r out of
» sore-
t’ts no
For Grip, Colds and
MALARIA
ads, and,
too poor
e waved
y obeyed
lent they
i t of the
alized It
and had
j. fifteen
don’t
ice to
Matan-
rets and
lem, for
ne them
brought
rhe sub-
evening
ir days
trcli for
nbs and
How
?e came
r miser-
even to
’grinI zed
or them
Ius food
omehow
I erage
t >anity
serv-
| an he
[ e as a
among
A del d
drink J
•from iffl
cerefl
■I
II il
7-11 CHILL’FUGE
kills the Malaria germ and
regulates the liver.
25 CENTS
Here v. s a man to die for.
a short
j
j|
II
IL-
Jacket i
likable
crops whatever bad been moved over
the road during the past season, It was
now little more than an oozy, sticky
, I ut. nui u ivui, iwt u cniuiuvj
sight; the valley was deserted.
The federation for t le promotion of
free libraries in Italy rias to its credit
the establishment of more than
libraries since the year of i s first na
tional convertion in Rome In 1908 uj
to the present.
The federation 5 modeled after the
Society of Milan for Popular Libraies
and has as Its aims tl e promotion ot
circulating libraries of every descrip-
tion, and their management, and the
organization of a speedy center, so tKai
the federated libraries may buy Sup-
plies nt cost.
It publishes mniniab-, guides, cata-
logues, etc., for the various types of
libraries; publishes a federal period!
cal to he distributed free; has estab-
lished a service for supplies which to
eludes subscriptions at reduced rate*,
and th? printing of catalogues, cards,
etc., at cost; has established a federal
bindery, an office for techni-'al advice
on library management and is planning
for the direct production of books.
Houses for soldiers with libraries
were established in the Italian War
zones by the federation in collaborn
tion with th€ minister of studios. These
diminutive libraries were found more
effective than the systtm formerly in
vogue of sending books individually to
the soldiers.
i with the other, the royal kind, that
monarch of tropic vegetation which
lends to the Cuban landscape its pe- the samp time O’Reilly happened to j
culiar and distinctive beauty. i be traveling thither, the circumstance
“Yonder Is tbc ramlno,” sr.ld the might be put down to the long ana of
an old sugar null, or father in a par:
of it still standing. ’ „
main calzndn now, the paved road
O’Reilly
“More
ti se little
Society Which Promotes Such Institu
tions Has Made a Fecord It May
Weil Be Projd Ot.
threatened to arouse
But O’Reilly •
ter—he dismissed th • subject of per-
s< nal courage wjith a coi
get out again, and bring her w th me.” j
“Um-rn!“ 7" . . ,
O'Reilly speculatively. “No doubt you
Sr. n..® .-.zx
j j out.
H , quickly.
I !to
butcher him, as he butchers women
and children.”
O'Reilly pm*posely l.yft his most un-
pleasant task to the last. When his
arranger ents had been completed and
different to Lis leading; he merely ex-
tended a limp, dirty! hi nd, and replied
to O’Reilly’s parting words with a
careless “Adios!”
they’ call El Demonic? I have heard
that he <« Indeed a demon. No: Very
well: You say you wish to visit Ma-
.... Jacket was himself again; he bent i sen^ them winding back;
'I//I his weight against the tempest and • werc spent In an aimless s
1 lengthened his short strides to O’Rel! i They snatched at cn
a ly’s. He tried to whis le, but his teeth cotubed the gutters for cru® ®.
r
Came to this Woman after
Taking Lydia E. PinkhamV
Vegetable Compound to
Restore Her Health
In hurt surprise the former inquired,
“Don’t we part good friends?”
*1 live for on& thing!” he cried “Sure!” Jacket i shrugged,
•hriily—“to meet that monster, and to i turned away.
Jacket was a likable youngster; his
devotion was.thoroughly unselfish; it
had not bcer^asy td wound him. With
keener regrets than he cared to ac-
knowledge O’Reilly,sei cat upon his
he had acquainted himself as :*ar as journey, following the guide whom
possible with the hazards he was likely 1 General Betancourt had provided.
It was a lovely morning, sufficiently
warm to promise a he t midday; the
As | air was moist and fresl. from a recent
This being th-? rainy season,
the trails were soft, And where the rich
warn—“is Matanzns. <
lary was surprising. He reviled the and don’t drink the well water, which
Spaniards, O’Reilly, himself, everybody , is polluted from the rains.” 1
nnd everything; he leveled anathemas smile and a wave of the hand the man
and plunged into the
ecullarly
legs and
I improved in health so I could do my
housework; we nc w have a little one, a 1
of which I owe to Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound.”—Mrs. O. S.
Johnson, R. No. 3, Ellensburg, Wast
There are women everywhere wh
long for children in their homes yet ar *
denied this hapr iness on account of
some functional cisorcer which in most
cases would readily yield to Lydia £.
Pinkham’a Vegetable Compound.
Such women should not give up ho;?’*
until they have given this wonderfei
medicine a trial, and for special advioo
write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass. THf result of 40 yeHf j
experience is at your service.
Come people
O learn of vhe
harmful efiects
of coffee by read-
ing. Others f ind
it out through J
experience, liw
either case ijfl
is a ejoeef a'sfll
to adopt J||i
instaJI
P tt Hill
ronditkoi*?” A sudd?u thought struck
him and lie Inquired quickly: “Tel! me,
you arc not by any chance thet hero
i truth compelled hjim to admit that he
I was just the ir*.^ for O’Reilly. He
found it
self too highly;
naked, and most of* them h 1 bodies
.vollen into the likeness 01 pods or
doing together’” calabashes. They looked
Durin- the breathless Interval he- *r!’te?,"e wlth tteir spi,i“ry
fore the shower the tv.o sat with their
heads together, talking earnestly. Ah
the wind came and tht cooling rain be-
gan to rattle on the leaves overhead
■ they Took up their bundles and set ‘
to encounter, he took Jacket aside and
broke the news to him that on the fol-
lowing iqoming they must part. A*
He had expected, the boy refused to shower.
•ssen to him. O’Reilly reinainel firm
i^ to hardship—priva- ,
He wasi discreet—discretion
'j had inherited; he
diplomacy being one
tancourt’s aitonishment.
he exclaimed. “What an extraordl- ■
tiary young man! Is it possible that ■
you do not comprehend the terrible '
destination was in sight.
O’Reilly felt a sud len excitement
when Matanzan came into view. From
this distance t? ? < . .
it did when he had left it, except that ! 'han ever,
the blue harbor was a most empty of
shipping, while the familiar range of
hills that hid the Ynmnri—that valley’
< f delight so closely linked in his
thoughts with Rosa Varona—seemed
to smile at him Kke an old friend. For
the thousandth time he asked himself
if he had come in time to find her. or
if fate’s maddening delays had proved
his own nnd the girl’s undoing.
O’Reilly knew that a though Matan-
zns was a prison nnd a pesthole, a girl
like* Rosa would suffer in perils infi-
nitely worse then imprisonment or dis-
ease. It was o thought he could not
bear to dwell upon.
Signs of life began to appear now,
the travelers passed small garden
patches and occasional
. ly that,
here, but
ge at the
>ry ques-
in Villar
tever in
, e, never
strict at best, was extrem y lax at
thi* hrifk fnrtinu^ nlnn*p nnH
A
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up early the fol- shower, so Johnnie sought the i
nearest shade to wait *or It, and took
advantage of the delay to eat his slen-
der lunch. lie wns meditatively munch-
ing a sweet potato when a sound at
his back caused him to leap to his feet
in alarm. He whirled, then uttered ,
an exclamation of amazement. Seated
nnt fifty feet away was a bare-legged
boy. similarly engaged in eating a
sweet potato. It was Jacket. Ills
brown cheeks were distended, his
*'■ . ‘ ’ X t , 1'.^ '-in • 1 • •Jill ll 11 • 4
the Plaz: de la Llbertad—; a mock-
, with r
held in
• •pie who !
lint, list-
ifternoon
|.o noise; |
•ir occu-
jo weak
romping !
ire, vast |
( • in the
square, hut one needed to 1 k twice
pygmies
was not
ompared
all were
never difficult to en t a trap,
precl
every
red Cuban soil was exposed the trav-1
clers sank into it ns into wet putty. I
Cross ng a rocky ridge, O'Reilly and
his gui le at last emerged upon an
' open slope, knee-high in grass and
grown t p to bottle palms, those queer,
distorted trees whoso trunks are swol-
len into the likeness of earthen water
jars. Scattered here and there over
i the meadows were the dead or fallen
(trunks of another variety, the cabbage
' palm, the green heart of which had
.kJ.! Grange that Jacket had
Tell me them to gourds with legs, foi
name,;
where was our home, ind what are we
doing together?”
He L <• l usiin - in Matanzas children, or gourds Tvith 1
The , them?”
O’Reilly looked, then (
a watchful eye upon ' eyes away. He and Jacket h:
nod his
. reached
e facing
g ■ la Lib-
is ap-
< y
il and
ery of a name—was crowd
I th ong such as It had nev<
, <4ta.a m O’Reilly’s time, a throng of j’
O’Reilly knew he must rely entirely I hand fondly upon hlit k yal follower. I without exception, g-
u •!! h ■ self. The of bis en-| “And T don’t wind tel Ing you that I*n mgg*•d. i here ■-■ ■is no
-hi - very lift—hinged upon t more than hulf glad of It. I—I was l ' of finery, no laughter
the benches were full, but t
1 pants were silent, too sick n i
to move. Nor were there an
children. Tl - re were, to be.
utmost
search.
which links the two main cities of the Later they stretched themselv. - out to
island, nnd by the following noon their sleep on the stones beneath the -ortalei
ent a horrid, harrow! 1 * night,
the general dlstr< s wai
of the railroad station.
They
niir imo wvw. rroiu fer now -> <•«*•
city ooked quite ns 1 brought home to them more j .ignant-
At dawn th»-y
I that nese people were actual
•tf nejlect. The faint light
tno presence of new corps
upon the station flagstones
thosa still living, groans si
n utf< i tags rose until OTtefil
1 dragged his youthful companil
the place. 1
(TO Bn OONTINVED.d
n cant warning to induence him, nor
tild he Ustezi to the admonitions of
thoee other Cubans who tried to argue
with him out of his purpose, cnce it
bxnnie known. On he contrary, he
proceeded with bis preparations.and
fpent that afternoon li satisfying him-
eelf that Rosa had indeed left the Pau
de Matanzus before Coho’s raid.
Among Bei ancourt’i troeps was a
man who haci been living in th? hills
»t the jtime Asensio mid his family
b-’d abandoned their struggle for ex-
1-1 cnce, and to him O’Reilly wen . This
follow, It seemed, had remained with
family In the mountains some time
• Her Aseoslo's departure. It was
from him that O’Reilly heard his first
o. ’thpntie report of the atrocities per-
petrated by Cobo's volunteers. This
wan had lost his wife, his little son,
•nd all the scanty belongings he pos-
•csscd. With shaking bands up-
•trctched to heaven, the fellow cursed
<ho author of his misfortunes.
■ -)l chattered and the whd Interfered, so they managed to exist, whe
he hummed a song, to- drive the chill ^e food Inat kept life In th»
ouj of his bones and to hearten his ! n^e Jodies, was a mystery,
benefactor. Now that he was at last
accepted as a full partner in this enter-
prise, it became his duty not only to
share Its perils but to lessen Its hard-
ships and to yield diversion.
The rain was cold, the briers beside
I the overgrown path were sharp, and
! they scratched the boy’s bare legs’cru-
l ».»« ««.....„i .i .
pai.ion to that solitary sweet potato. ■ v,’b*cii had wrouirLt this crim
too, but In his breast glowed ardor the men who pernntted it to
and pride.
person. Indeed Had he not fonrd a than any other, nnd yet benel
brother, and d 1 i.ot that brother ove ‘ >'«'•<’ butcheredI more poop lit han all
him? . . ..
latter, for O’Reilly’s eyes, when he This monstrous, coldly calcul
looked down, were friendly nnd inti- f-“‘ ' th?
l mate,
now nine more luan an oozy, snexy (
rut. Not a roof, not a chimney was in
was a fertile farming country—and yet
no living thing, no sound of bells, no
voices, no crowing cocks, no lowing
cattle. It was depressing to O’Reilly,
and more, for there was something
Toward noon the breeze lessened
and it became Insufferably hot.
CHAPTER XVI—Continued.
—V —
O’Reilly joined in the laughter
evoked by ihis renu rk. He was quite
as tattered ns the poorest of Betan-
court’s common b< Idlers; his shoes
were broken and dlcreputable; his cot-
ton trousers, snagged by barbed wire
and brambles, and soiled by days in
the saddle and nights in the grass,
were in desperate need of attention.
His beard bad grown, too. and iris skin,
where ir xras exposed, was burnt to
a mahogany brown Certainly there
v as nothin? about bis appv. rwee to
bespeak hi® nationality.
The general contir ued : “I an direct-
ed in this letter to help you in some
enterprise. Comma: d me, sir.”
As brieflj as possible Johnnie made
known the object ot his Journey. The
officer nodded his compreh* asion, but
as he did so n puzzled expression
crossed his face.
“Yes, I reported that Miss Varona
had gone Into the rity—I took some
pains lo find out. Do you have reason
to Coubt—”
“Not the least, sir.”
“Then—why have you come ah this
way?”
“I came to find her and to fetch her
to her brother.”
“But—you don’t understand. She is
actually Inside the lines, in Matan-
«as—a prisoner.”
“Exactly. I intone to go Info Matan-
sias and bring her ot t.’’
General Befancou-t drew back, as-
tonished. “My dear man’” he ex-
claimed. “Are you mad?”
O’Reilly gjnlled faintly. “Quite
probably. Jill lovers are mildly mad,
> believe.”
“Ah! Lovers! I b>‘gin to see. But—
how do you mean to go cbout this—
1 bls—Impossible und<?rtakir g?”
“You told me just now that I could
pass for a Cuban. Well, I aiu going
to put ft to the test. If I once get into
“Listen, people
tanzas; they are
In the streets.”
“I don’t cat much.”
When Johnnie shook his head stub-
1
thin faces.
O’Reilly passed a damp ha
his eyes. “Just Heaven!” he
“She-—she’s one of these!”
The reconcentrndos overra
The big drops drenched them zns in an unclean swarm; st
Their thin garments clung ’plazas wore congested with
"o them and water streamed down m attempt was made to con
; their bodies; overhead the sky was to their quarters. Morning
black and rent by vivi 1 streaks of fire, them streaming down from
but they plodded onward cheerfully. . urban slopes where they liver
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impossible to recommend him-
tunzas, and I am instructed to help self too highly; to Fave his noul he
> could think of no qualification in which
he was lacking arjd could see nc rea- i
son why his benefactor would not
greatly profit by the free use of his
amazing talents. iThe enterprise was
difficult; it would! certainly fail with-
out him.
Johnnie remain|ed carefully atten-
tive during this adiur: tlon. Be felt no
desire even to smile, for the boy’s ear- ,
nestness was touching and it caused
, the elder man’s tn root to tighten un-
Ellensburg, W:;3h.—“ After I wnt
married 1 was not well for a long tin •
and a good deal (t
the time was n< t
able to go abotr.
Our greatest desire
was to have a chil 1
in our home and one
day my busbar 1
came back fron
town with a bottls
of Lydia E. Pink-
ham’s Vegetable
Compound apl
wanted me to try it
It brought relief
from my trouble?
Rosa.
«VUUv. .o vmummv, iuv. . - „ . 4‘Look!” Jacket clutched
Maa, countryman, pointing into’the valley; coincidence. If his company wore dis- • and pointed a shaking fing.(
bornly Jacket latfnched himself into a ! “it will lead you to the main road;
torrent of profnjaityj the violence of j and *here”—he turned tn the north-
which dried his terrs. His vneabu-
too, when it came t
t’on and suffering were almost to his I
liking.
was something hp
was a diplomat—u
of his most unique accomplishments. p ‘ 1
As for this talk scout hunger, O’Reilly ;
No one goes there from choice any need not concern; himself in the h ast | Hfj I
L- cc—ou .” , on that score, for1 Jacket was a small ' ''
, “So I should imagine.” The speak- 'cater and could grow fat on a diet of
er*s careless tone added to General Be- ) dried leaves. Disease? Bah! It m ide
“Bless me!” ’him laugh. His experience with slck-
n arlrnnrd!. ’ n(.gg wft8 wider 0an IDOSt fislCOS, tlrid
ho was a better nurse than Miss Ev-
ans would ever be. Jacket did not wish
to appear in the least boastful. On
the contrary, he was actually too mod-
est, as his friends could attest. !>ut
him and bis beloved benefactor
latter listened g^ou- laturedly.
I “You’re n fnmrh kid.” ho 1
when Jacket’s firjst rage bad worn it- in hostile territory. The hills nnd the
sdf out “I like you, and I’d take you
if I could. But this isn’t an enU rpris?
for a boy, and if w.i»n’t get you any-
thing to keep up 'this racket.”
Jacket next tried the power of ar-
gument. lie attempted to prove that
in a hazardous ^undertaking of this
sort his assistance would be invalu- ’erprise
able. He was, ao! he declared, the one i his cant on, his powers of dissimula-
person in all Cuba In every respect i tlon, his ability to pass ns a harmless,
qualified to sharelO’Reilly’s perils. To ' helpless pacifico. It gave him an un-
begin with, lie was not afraid of Span- i accustomed thrill, by no means pleas-
iards, or anything else, for that mat- nnt.
The road, when he came to it, proved
mtemptuous | to be a deep gutter winding betwwn
, shrug. As for cunning, sagacity, pru- icd clay banks cut by the high wheels i
the city I shall maiage somehow to-dence, resource, iP-around worth, he | <»f clums;’cane carts.
was, without dou )t» unequaled
“Ard I don’t mind tel ing you that Fm I ^css- _2'^er®
hinged upon i more than half glad of It. I—I was ,
- ’ getting lonesome. I didn’t know how'
much I could miss ycu. But now we 1
must make some plans, we must have
an nnderstahdlng nnd decide who we
are. 1
Narciso—”
“Narciso Villar.” I to rca,‘ze that they were no
“Well, then, I fli.-ill be Juan Vil?ar. "r ">?<’»<'<’ "ttle old folks. 1
your brother. Henceforth we shall j strange that. Jacket had,
speak nothing but Spanish.
now, what was our father’s
th-* >ri' k fnrtiiir, .-’long th
s no * those two r fug- • s w<e
, to warrant search, they w
onward by the sentries. Tl
silently; in aimless bewilder!
him, the l-oy sat down to listen. But. Sniffled along toward the h-
ns before, neither argiment nm* appeal Almost before they (
b : l the sligh - st effect upon him. He th< v had run the gantlet
dcniel that h< had followed his bene-; joined Hint army of miso
factor; he de- ared 11 at he was a free - thousand strong. The ham! of Spain
nsn nt and at liberty to go where he dosed over them.
willed. If It so chanced that his fancy
took him to the city of Matanzas at
mouth. It was plain that lie had no
confidence in O'ReIE<s Intentions, fellow inquired.
Muttering something in a muffled ~
voice, he armed himself with a stout i in one place as another.” «,..a.
stick. j Jacket helped himself to a stalk of 4 Courier-Journal.
Dog Is Man’s Friendfl
However much or little tin ■
dog eosis, he pays back to hi
in affection, fidelity, intelligent]
let and companionship more ]
coms. This, all outside his ’■al
creature, by his very presence
me cultivating the spirit of t adness
ano humanity which man still
.... ly net:’ The real dog lover
bound into the city, and once they hid^pr: *• dollars and cents on dog.
O'Reilly stepped themselves while a colu nn c-f mounted 1F< simply says:
. him.”
• seemed to him the blackest h 'amy ol
The downpc w lasted but a <nort' all. anc he wondered if It wot
lime, xthurt the sun came out and dried ,
the men’s clothes; on t io whole, it had
been refreshing. Whei evening came ''•”»! Betancourt’s ;?’nerosiry s
the Villar brothers scught refuge in i relievo them from any limned ite dan-
^1,1 -**•-«- «- - -■ --t ;:er of starvation. After inaki g a few
They were on the purchases and eating with th
frugality, they began their
you. How cm I do ho?”
O’ReHlj hesitated nn instant “For
<»ne thing. I need money. J—I aaven’t
a single peseta.”
“You are welcome to the ft w dol-
lars I possess.”
Johnnie expressed his gratitude for
Chis ready assistance. “One thing
wore,” said be. “Will you give my
boy. Jacket, a new pair of fousers
and sen ! him back to the Orient at the
first opportunity?”
“Of course. It is done.” Ti e gen-
eral laid a friendly hand upon O’Reil-
ly’s shoulder, saying gravel/: “It
would relieve me intensely lo send you
buck with him, for lr have fe: rs for
the success ol! your venture. Matanzas
la a hell; It has swt lloweu up thou-
ntnds of our good countrymen; thou-
ms’s have died there I’m afraid yon
do not realize what risks you are tak-
ing.”
O’Reilly did not nllow this well-
: on its .way.
I
i
“Come here.’’ comneanded the.Ameri-
can.
Jacket shock liis head. He made
a painful attempt to swallow, and
when his utterance became more dis-j
tinut he consigned his idcl to a warmer
place than Cuba.
“I’m a tough kid,” he declared.
“Don t got gay «»n me”
The two parleyed b 'iefly; then, when
satisfied that no violence was intended
him. the boy sat down to listen.
IMATmBfT. QHuqtdefcrellM.
i _, J *'• Boonnmot'i-figwe Una and
1 breath. Nrver beard o* its *q l<rr
iTry it> Trial tmtrnetr seat FfrtC. by mall
f Write to OR. T IOMAS E. GREEN
flMk CIH.,Vs« ao, • OMA SWOTTH, M.
lIAGRffPEte?^
M eo’.ted w tn.An L*:.ar rr "
B W'.EKS’
2sc
'you can’t go!” I
With that Jackdt flung off the cm-
• brace and, stalking away, seated him-
self. He took a! half-smoked cigar
from the pocket of* his shirt and lit it.
scowling the while ’at his frieud. More
than once during the evening O Reilly m<4nfiCjng anj threatening about
detected his sulle:,, angry eyes upon
him.
Genernl Betancourt pnd several racm- „'{ clouds In the east promised
bars of his staff wdre rr —*'*' * ’
lowing morning to bid their visitor
good-by. In npltejof their efforts to
• make the parting cnee ful it was plain
that they had but little hope of ev?r
again seeing this foolhardy American.
Johnnie’s spirits
least affected by th
simism. for. ns he t)ld himself, bo had
money in his pockets and Matanzas
was not many miM; away.
he came to part froiln Jacket he expert-
enced a genuine disappointment. 1 he bright, inquisitive eyes were fixed upon
boy, strangely enough, wnt almost in- O’Reilly from beneath a defiant scowl.
“Jacket!” orb'd the man. “What the ‘
devil are you doing here?”
“You gain’ to let bio enme along?”
! challenged the intruder.
“So! Y)U followed me, after I said
didn’t w: nt you?” O’RolHy spoke re-
then 1 proachfully; but reproaches had no
i effect upon the lad. \\ itL a mild ex- patches and occasional cultivated
pletlve. Jacket signified his contemptflcids; they cncr.unterc 1 loaded carts
for such a weak form of persuasion. j
“See here, now.” C*~ ‘ *
closer. “Let’s be sensible about this.” troops went by.
But Jacket scrambled to his feet and O’Reilly stopped to pass the time of i
retreated warily, stuffing the uneaten jpy with a wrinkled cartman whose
• and Jacket bega.li to weep copiously. :
He worked hims?lf up to a hysterical
crescendo which
the entire encan pm'ent.
was unmoved. J
“Be quiet,” told the b( y. “I
won’t let you gp v?ith me, and that
ends it. It will bie hard enough for one-
man to slip thijough; two would be
sure to fail.”
“Those Spaniards will skill you!”
Jacket walled, j I palm, the green heart of which had
“So mm h the more reason f jf you ■ long formed a staple article of diet for
to stay here.” ; 1 the Insurrectc-s. Spanish axes had
At this the bpy uttered a loader been at work here and not a single
cry. He stamped his bare feet in a
frenzy of flisapppiniment. “Ycu das- of the valley farther down was dotted
sent leave me—you dassent!”
are starving in Ma-
sick; they are dying
tasteful to the elder man. O’Reilly was : beggars! Christo! And t
free to wait and foliov later; it was a children!” The boy tried to
Go with God, Hotter of complete indifference to his voice cracked nervously.
But Jacket scrambled to his feet and c’R.
retreated warily, stuffing the uneaten ‘ day with a wrinkled cartman whose' *11 Harmonious.
pordon of the sweet potato Into his dejected oxen were resling. “So you are getting good esults
“Going into the city, are you?” the from juries of ladles?”
“Starved out, I sup- “Yes,” said the judge; “the
Well, it’s as pleasant to starve want us mefi to have a cn?
s?iy they couldn’t tgree.”--Lv isville
• Jacket.
With a ! and he proposed to attend to it.
, boy lied gravely,
nt that woman wko l^ad come between (turned back and plunged into the I crtheless, he kept
The jungle. i l‘is hearer.
I As O’Reilly descended the slope he I
“You’re a tough Idd,” he laughed, realized keenly that be was alone and j
. ....... .----v . ------- rrv? vti... .... Jacket’s fare Instantly lit up. He
woods from Pinar del Rio to Oriente. ^dialed good humor; he hitched Ms .
were Cuban, or, at most, they were i body closer,
disputed ground. But here in the! “By---! I get my own way, don’t
plains and valleys near the cities Spain 1 •” he laughed,
was supreme. From this moment on j
The general aj praised ; country. He war. a x^eritable Sparcan, 1
11 <» ♦ivui, * xy.vu ' ♦z.zv <1 ___nr!v<>.
fan get ia—It Is not so difficult to en-
ter, I believe, nud especially to one
t.Lo speaks the language like a native.
ih:t the return—I fear you nill find
■that another matter Matanzas is a
place of pestilence, hunger, despair.
and at
’ >ntinue
he re-
crosses
•uth their
I
There was no doubt about the t,1-> nations of the earth c mblnetl
ting ef-
fort to dt troy the entire Cub:
the citizens of the city; no
effort had been made to care
nnd there was insufficient sur
for half their number. Yet
they lived and lingered on.
At the time of O’Reilly’s ai
sight presvoted by these inne
t‘ms of war was appalling;
' elly; his stomach chimored for a com- ^l,,n a rc^ rage at tl ? power
rar
the men who pernntted it to
Jacket considered himself ! was a Christian nntio
a fortunate person—a very fortunate fleeted; she had set up mori
person, indeed F
cane from the load and beg
it with his teeth.
“Will the soldiers allow us
Johnnie inquired.
“Ofcour.se. Why not? T
laughed mirthlessly; then
ulutnged. “Go back,” he sat “go back
and die in the fields.
of rotting corpses. Go ba< k
air is clean.” He swung hi
over the oxen, they leaned ? jalnst the
load, and the cart creake
' on its.nrnv
It Itl
nnd Matanzas was
' There were soldiers
beyond an indifferent chalk
outer blockhouse, a perfum
tion or two. Narciso and J
experienced no trouble w)
passing the line:-. Discipl
Nev-
' the heart of Matanzas and wi
“Very well,” O’Reil y told him final- the public square, the Plaza:
ertad It was celled. M: ti
penred poor and .squalid, d<
v r.<1; i:s st - - ts were
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